"Weinstein has pleaded not guilty and denies ever having nonconsensual sex. He said in court in this winter that he had been unfaithful to his then-wife and 'acted wrongly, but I never assaulted anyone.'"
"The current jurors were questioned about, among other things, their familiarity with Weinstein and whether they could be fair and impartial regardless of what they might have heard."
"His accuser in this trial, Jessica Mann, was a hairstylist hoping to break into big-time acting when she met Weinstein at a Los Angeles-area party in late 2012 or early 2013."
Harvey Weinstein's New York rape retrial is set to begin, centering on a 2013 incident. Weinstein has faced multiple sexual assault charges, with some convictions and acquittals. He maintains his innocence, claiming he never engaged in nonconsensual sex. The jury, consisting of seven men and five women, was selected after assessing their impartiality. Weinstein, once a powerful Hollywood figure, has seen his career collapse following numerous allegations of sexual misconduct that emerged in 2017.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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